13 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER DO BEFORE GOING TO BED!!! YOU MUST READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE LONGER!
4. Too intense exercise
Prolonged or very high-intensity exercise late at night may make it hard for some people to fall asleep. If you’re staying up late to squeeze in an extra hour or two of exercise and you think it may be keeping you up, see if you sleep better after an earlier workout.
3. Video games
Electronic media that requires a lot of interaction – like video games – can definitely wreak havoc on your slumber. Anything that’s highly engaging will almost certainly keep you awake. Stimulation from these devices can activate and excite the brain, which presents a challenge when it comes to trying to fall asleep.
2. Fight
There’s a good reason couples are told to never go to bed angry. Stress is a major cause of insomnia. If a conversation is stressful, it will elevate cortisol and other stress hormones impeding your ability to fall asleep. In addition, angry people tend to ruminate, or play over thoughts again and again in their minds, which can also make falling asleep difficult. Try to hash out any problems earlier in the night, and saving important decision-making or serious conversations for days when you have more time to reflect and relax afterward.
1. Switching things up
Doing the same thing every night before bed is one of the tenets of good sleep hygiene. Brushing your teeth, washing your face, and laying out your clothes for the morning, for example, can all send a signal to your brain that it’s time for bed – especially if you do them in the same order, at the same time every night. But switching up that routine, by doing things out of order or earlier in the night than usual, can disrupt that mental process. Without a consistent bedtime routine, your brain doesn’t go into sleep mode until you crawl into bed and turn out the light. You’ll fall asleep much faster if you can start that process a little bit earlier, as you’re getting ready.
